Nice walk around the castle

No better way to relax 😊

There's that sound, what did you call it?

I think most saw him for what he was, Clive Toye thought he was a malign influence over Steve Ross and Franz Beckenbauer called him a brown nose.

Hi Mark (Danny Boy?) nice to meet a hero if it's you. Yes, there is a story to it, long and short two VC were issued to Edward, one was sent to India but he had already departed for England, a second was made up and was awarded. A second Victoria Cross, plus campaign medals, thought to be the original, resides with 'F' ( Sphinx ) Battery, 7th Parachute Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. The low price probably reflects the fact that it was never issued. This in comparison to the €1m price tag for a VC awarded to a civilian in the same campaign kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edVxdJxps-CVkmg.htmlsi=hsrkQwseidFjS5jZ

Every so often they unlock the tower for people to go in.

And apparently the bell tower was part of the old mansion and was moved here after the house burnt down.

what's more upsetting and not mentioned in the short is that the two men were sitting on the sea wall discussing their emigration to the USA the following day, unfortunately they never made it. John Brady lost two brothers in the first word war and I covered it in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7aJmJeXl9jLfIU.htmlsi=tu75xsMeEC4bGXvo

@@AdventureIreland I’ll make sure to give it a watch! Always love to find channels that cover topics that aren’t widely known.

Thanks for your support Tristan, I certainly cover topics that aren't widely known about.

what's more upsetting and not mentioned in the short is that the two men were sitting on the sea wall discussing their emigration to the USA the following day, unfortunately they never made it. John Brady lost two brothers in the first word war and I covered it in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7aJmJeXl9jLfIU.htmlsi=tu75xsMeEC4bGXvo

Yes indeed it was

Local history

what's more upsetting and not mentioned in the short is that the two men were sitting on the sea wall discussing their emigration to the USA the following day, unfortunately they never made it. John Brady lost two brothers in the first word war and I covered it in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7aJmJeXl9jLfIU.htmlsi=tu75xsMeEC4bGXvo

That's a plaque for Francis Higgins aka "The Sham Squire" who died in 1802 . His headstone was demolished by angry republicans. In the second half of the 1790s Higgins was the chief source of information to the under-secretary in the civil department at Dublin castle, Edward Cooke, on Dublin civic affairs and on the activities of Dublin catholics, United Irishmen, and other dissidents.

That's normal this time of year, it's the marsh land with plenty of frogspawn

Lovely day for a beach walk.

The usual stuff like old bottles, polish tins and the blue Traprogge balls.

My pleasure!

Does that mean you are on the guest list every year for Electric Picnic? Thomas Cosby is the current owner of Stradbally hall and where they hold the festival and is a living relative of yours. 😊

I was working at the festival last year and drove past the cemetery almost daily so I went in did a little research and made the video. A very interesting place.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/the-original-cosby-a-murderous-swindler-who-makes-electric-picnic-seem-tame-1.2776026

@@AdventureIreland Ohh I wish! My last name is actually Robinson...the Cosby family is married into the Boothe family here in the USA which is my mothers side. William Cosby was born in Stradbally but then moved to New York. He suppressed the colonists from talking smack about the British government to the point that his wikipedia page says it later caused the push for "Freedom of the Press" to be a leading issue for our founding fathers during the Revolutionary War. lol I guess he was given a thousand acres in Herkimer NY but then died in Fort Battery which was just down the road from where the World Trade Center is today.

Thanks, Noted in description

I think that's a thanks Telly, I did this story a few months back with no voiceover, just text and music, the majority of the feedback was that it needed a voiceover as people were not reading the text. I redid a few of my videos with AI voiceover and it seems to work good. 👍

​@@AdventureIrelandwho cares if it is AI voice or not it is history something some of us probably never heard of. Thanks for sharing 👍